The Morongo Band of California Mission Indians were disappointed this week when the National Indian Gaming Association laid aside its proposal to block Barney Frank’s federal legislative attempt to legalise and tax online gambling in the United States.
BetSoftGaming, specialists in developing cinematic 3D games known as the Slots3, has announced the 12th release in the series with of the latest ambitious creation – Mr. Vegas.
Party Casino.com has launched a new online game branded Circus Slot that innovatively combines slot action and gaming activity. The casino bills the new approach as “the world’s first role-playing online slot,” and says that players are invited to choose from four memorable characters with varying abilities and unique storylines to take them through an …
Shareholders of two Vanguard Group Inc funds have launched litigation in a Delaware court against the company and fund executives for allegedly investing their money in four illegal offshore Internet gambling businesses, reports the news agency Reuters.
Memories of the trials and tribulations of the Bodog group at the hands of First Technology LLC patent attorneys surfaced this week with reports that a number of RealTime Gaming-powered online casino companies have been threatened with legal action for patent infringements by a little known company called Lottotron.
February gaming revenue jumped 32.9 percent on the Las Vegas Strip according to the latest official statistics, lifting shares of MGM Mirage, Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Boyd Gaming Corp. And Nevada state-wide gambling winnings were up almost 14 percent.
Industry observers have for some time been predicting that major media companies will become a growing and influential force in the online gambling industry, and it certainly appears from recent deals between Internet betting firms and major newspapers and television stations that this coming about.
The UK’s largest online and land gambling group Ladbrokes looks set to enter the newly liberated French market for the first time in its century-and-a-quarter corporate history.
The Vienna-listed online betting giant Bwin is planning to restart its French online gambling services as soon as the recently passed liberalisation legislation (see previous bulletins) has been implemented and licensing is opened, reports the newspaper Die Presse.
The European Gambling and Betting Association, home to many of Europe’s largest online gambling groups, reported this week on recent research into payback percentage, carrying an interview with Dr Jonathan Parke, senior lecturer from the University of Salford.
The third oldest newspaper in the United States, the Philadephia Inquirer, has entered into a business agreement that will see it using modern fantasy sports betting technology to boost revenues.
Online sports betting is once again under the spotlight in New York following police raids that have culminated a prolonged investigation by Queens District Attorney Richard Brown and his now experienced enforcement team.
The Grand Prive online casino group’s woes seem to keep mounting. Following a bitter two year war with disgruntled affiliates and an abrupt move over the holiday weekend to a new software provider the beleaguered casino group has now had its Kahnawake licence suspended.
The Calgary-based online gambling software provider Chartwell Technology has announced the appointment of Andrew Pegler as Sales Director for its wholly owned subsidiary, Chartwell Games (International) Ltd.
At least two legal experts have expressed doubts about the prospects for success of Kentucky’s latest legal wheeze trying to wring money from Full Tilt Poker and other online poker operators.
Online gambling company Betclic, a subsidiary of the French Mangas Gaming group, has signed a two season shirt sponsorship deal with the top Italian football team Juventus.
The Latin American online gambling operator Vision Media has become the first company in the region to order a white label sports book from OddsMatrix.
The two-year attempt by the state of Kentucky to seize 141 international online gambling domains appeared to enter a new phase last week as news broke of a fresh angle being taken by the state’s hired lawyers.
Despite determined left wing political resistance, the French National Assembly has passed a bill to legalise online gambling and open up the French market to international operators. Virtual poker machines and games of chance are not included in the law because they are considered too addictive to be legalised.
The Goa Herald reports that nine companies have so far responded to the Goa government’s tender process aimed at introducing an online lottery to the former Portuguese enclave on the west coast of India.
Widespread holiday weekend reports that New Hampshire governor John Lynch may be considering online gambling licensing to close state budgetry gaps appear to have alarmed the incumbent, who seemed to be backing away from the possibility on Monday, according to reports in The Union Leader publication.
The chairman of the feisty Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association, Jo Brennan Jnr., has encouraged New Jersey politicians to legalise online sportsbetting in the state as the legislature conducts hearings in order to hear opinions on the issue.
The latest attempt to introduce land casino gambling to Massachusetts – a law that includes bans on Internet gambling – has been approved by the House Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies in a 12 in favor, two opposed, and five abstentions vote, and now progresses to the House Ways and Means Committee, …
One of the Internet gambling industry’s most respected pioneer software companies, Boss Media, was this week awarded the eCOGRA software certification following a rigorous on-site review.